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11E8ENIJ
A Publication of the Peace EducatlonF\md of Indiana Inc.
Volume 10, Number 9 "All the news that fits we print.11 July/August 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Central America Update
Bulletin Board
Feminist Focus
Reader's Corner
Up and Coming
Page 7
Page 2
Page 3
Page 10
Page 5
JROTC RESOLUTION AT THE NEA CON­VENTION
By Peter Smith
No one came forward with a lead for this
issue, so I thought I would fill you In on the
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
(JROTC) project of the War Resisters
League. We have been studying the issue
all year, and have contacted several school
board members and met with Jan Putz at
School City headquarters. Watch for the
issue to come up again at a school board
meeting in the near future and plan to at­tend.
The JROTC program must be re­viewed
each year by the school board.
One note of progress nationally Is the Inclu­sion
of the following resolution for discus­sion
at the National Education Association
Annual Meeting being held in early July:
The National Education Association be­lieves
that existing and proposed Junior
Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC)
programs should be subject to thorough
evaluation and either be brought Into full
compliance with local educational stan·
dards, policies, and collectlve bargaining
agreements, or be canceled.
The Association further believes that
there be equal access to schools for
groups providing Information on peace
studies and non-tnilitary careers for stu­dents.
This resolution is being proposed by Larry
Gifford, a member of the NEA Resolutions
Committee and a Rochester, MN, NEA mem­ber.
He includes the following rationale
with his resolution:
11The JROTC program, which Is now in
place at 2600 high schools across the coun­try,
has been expanding Into new schools
and school districts without any thorough
review of the content of its curriculum or
the validity of its claims to Improve atten­dance
and lower dropout rates. The pro­gram
drains resources from schools
through its cost-sharing requirements -­despite
schools' hopes that they will gain
resources by taking on a JROTC unit. It
tnay thereby undercut other classes and
programs that effectively teach self-disci­pline
and leadership skllls and motivate
students to stay in school.
11The JROTC program undermines school
anti-violence and anti-weapons policies by
teaching marksmanship, by Involving stu­dents
In drills using weapons or facsimiles,
by collaborating with the National rifle As­sociation
in promoting marksmanship, and
by providing textbooks with descriptions of
weapons and how to use them.
11The JROTC program fills teaching posi­tions
with Instructors who often are not
certified and/or are non-union. During con­tract
disputes these teachers are under
pressure to violate teacher picket lines, as
unionized JROTC instructors did in the
recent teachers' strike in San Diego. Hiring

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11E8ENIJ
A Publication of the Peace EducatlonF\md of Indiana Inc.
Volume 10, Number 9 "All the news that fits we print.11 July/August 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Central America Update
Bulletin Board
Feminist Focus
Reader's Corner
Up and Coming
Page 7
Page 2
Page 3
Page 10
Page 5
JROTC RESOLUTION AT THE NEA CON­VENTION
By Peter Smith
No one came forward with a lead for this
issue, so I thought I would fill you In on the
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
(JROTC) project of the War Resisters
League. We have been studying the issue
all year, and have contacted several school
board members and met with Jan Putz at
School City headquarters. Watch for the
issue to come up again at a school board
meeting in the near future and plan to at­tend.
The JROTC program must be re­viewed
each year by the school board.
One note of progress nationally Is the Inclu­sion
of the following resolution for discus­sion
at the National Education Association
Annual Meeting being held in early July:
The National Education Association be­lieves
that existing and proposed Junior
Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC)
programs should be subject to thorough
evaluation and either be brought Into full
compliance with local educational stan·
dards, policies, and collectlve bargaining
agreements, or be canceled.
The Association further believes that
there be equal access to schools for
groups providing Information on peace
studies and non-tnilitary careers for stu­dents.
This resolution is being proposed by Larry
Gifford, a member of the NEA Resolutions
Committee and a Rochester, MN, NEA mem­ber.
He includes the following rationale
with his resolution:
11The JROTC program, which Is now in
place at 2600 high schools across the coun­try,
has been expanding Into new schools
and school districts without any thorough
review of the content of its curriculum or
the validity of its claims to Improve atten­dance
and lower dropout rates. The pro­gram
drains resources from schools
through its cost-sharing requirements -­despite
schools' hopes that they will gain
resources by taking on a JROTC unit. It
tnay thereby undercut other classes and
programs that effectively teach self-disci­pline
and leadership skllls and motivate
students to stay in school.
11The JROTC program undermines school
anti-violence and anti-weapons policies by
teaching marksmanship, by Involving stu­dents
In drills using weapons or facsimiles,
by collaborating with the National rifle As­sociation
in promoting marksmanship, and
by providing textbooks with descriptions of
weapons and how to use them.
11The JROTC program fills teaching posi­tions
with Instructors who often are not
certified and/or are non-union. During con­tract
disputes these teachers are under
pressure to violate teacher picket lines, as
unionized JROTC instructors did in the
recent teachers' strike in San Diego. Hiring